Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
46.
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Adrian		 219 -3
39.
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Aidan		 258 +2
10.
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Alan		 656 0
36.
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Andrew		 274 +2
14.
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Anthony		 547 +1
32.
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Barry		 287 +5
65.
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Bernard		 118 -6
27.
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Brendan		 343 -5
9.
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Brian		 688 0
69.
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Cathal		 108 +1
94.
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Charles		 74 -4
37.
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Christopher		 268 +2
57.
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Ciaran		 180 -12
51.
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Colin		 193 -2
45.
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Colm		 228 -1
50.
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Conor		 199 -3
90.
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Cormac		 79 -7
85.
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Cornelius		 85 -16
59.
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Damian		 154 -2
40.
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Damien		 250 +9
37.
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Daniel		 268 -4
31.
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Darren		 309 +1
4.
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David		 1,263 0
21.
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Declan		 434 -7
44.
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Denis		 238 -2
28.
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Derek		 335 -1
47.
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Dermot		 217 +1
78.
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Desmond		 91 +3
48.
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Donal		 214 +5
99.
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Eamon		 63 0
72.
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Eamonn		 100 +8
25.
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Edward		 347 +4
70.
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Enda		 106 -3
61.
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Eoin		 149 +2
96.
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Eric		 70 -6
89.
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Eugene		 81 -15
58.
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Fergal		 168 +2
88.
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Fergus		 82 -11
99.
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Finbarr		 63 -1
41.
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Francis		 245 -6
98.
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Gareth		 65 -4
75.
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Garrett		 93 -4
55.
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Gary		 187 +5
63.
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Gavin		 134 -9
86.
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George		 84 +1
22.
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Gerard		 421 -6
95.
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Glenn		 73 new
97.
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Gordon		 68 -3
62.
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Graham		 138 +1
84.
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Gregory		 86 +10
80.
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Hugh		 88 +1
43.
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Ian		 239 +2
6.
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James		 1,059 0
18.
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Jason		 442 +3
76.
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Jeremiah		 92 +14
1.
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John		 2,330 0
51.
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Jonathan		 193 +7
16.
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Joseph		 462 +4
80.
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Justin		 88 +8
67.
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Karl		 112 -1
19.
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Keith		 440 +5
26.
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Kenneth		 346 +5
15.
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Kevin		 523 +2
35.
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Kieran		 277 -1
83.
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Laurence		 87 -8
56.
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Liam		 182 0
7.
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Mark		 979 +1
13.
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Martin		 579 -3
71.
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Matthew		 102 +6
68.
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Maurice		 111 0
2.
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Michael		 1,536 0
73.
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Neil		 98 +6
24.
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Niall		 350 +4
86.
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Nicholas		 84 +2
74.
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Nigel		 94 +19
34.
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Noel		 284 -11
92.
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Oliver		 78 +7
76.
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Owen		 92 -4
66.
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Padraig		 116 +20
3.
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Patrick		 1,443 0
5.
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Paul		 1,139 0
20.
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Peter		 437 -2
42.
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Philip		 242 -2
32.
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Raymond		 287 +4
29.
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Richard		 333 -3
17.
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Robert		 450 +2
49.
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Ronan		 203 0
90.
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Rory		 79 -5
63.
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Seamus		 134 -3
30.
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Sean		 327 -1
23.
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Shane		 369 +2
80.
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Simon		 88 -7
12.
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Stephen		 606 0
79.
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Terence		 90 -3
8.
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Thomas		 884 -1
54.
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Timothy		 188 -2
53.
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Trevor		 189 +1
60.
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Vincent		 151 +5
92.
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Wayne		 78 +5
11.
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William		 637 +2
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
52.
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Aisling		 171 -8
65.
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Alison		 141 +6
31.
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Amanda		 258 +6
99.
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Andrea		 87 new
56.
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Angela		 166 -3
89.
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Anita		 95 -7
10.
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Ann		 465 +2
63.
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Anna		 142 +1
13.
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Anne		 450 -4
90.
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Annette		 93 -7
58.
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Aoife		 162 +9
54.
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Audrey		 170 -7
63.
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Barbara		 142 +4
42.
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Bernadette		 210 -3
92.
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Brenda		 92 +2
29.
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Bridget		 267 -4
99.
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Brigid		 87 -7
55.
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Carmel		 168 -10
49.
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Carol		 178 +5
4.
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Caroline		 581 +1
2.
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Catherine		 751 0
85.
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Catriona		 99 +1
74.
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Christina		 121 +1
93.
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Christine		 91 +6
47.
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Ciara		 185 +9
39.
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Claire		 225 0
59.
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Clare		 161 -1
85.
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Clodagh		 99 0
68.
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Colette		 134 +5
40.
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Deborah		 222 +2
8.
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Deirdre		 495 -1
36.
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Denise		 241 -2
52.
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Edel		 171 0
45.
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Eileen		 187 +1
14.
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Elaine		 427 +2
9.
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Elizabeth		 488 -1
81.
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Ellen		 111 -4
62.
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Emer		 145 -3
41.
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Emma		 220 +9
11.
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Fiona		 464 -5
96.
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Frances		 90 -7
32.
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Geraldine		 250 0
36.
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Gillian		 241 -5
65.
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Grainne		 141 -5
28.
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Helen		 278 -1
87.
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Irene		 98 new
33.
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Jacqueline		 249 +3
71.
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Jane		 132 +3
83.
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Jean		 108 +16
20.
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Jennifer		 366 -1
84.
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Joan		 107 -8
51.
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Joanne		 173 +10
78.
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Josephine		 119 -13
81.
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Julie		 111 +15
12.
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Karen		 461 +2
44.
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Kathleen		 195 -1
79.
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Laura		 117 -2
16.
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Linda		 406 -3
17.
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Lisa		 402 +3
98.
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Lorna		 89 -9
25.
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Lorraine		 311 -3
19.
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Louise		 376 +4
70.
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Mairead		 133 +10
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Margaret		 605 0
35.
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Maria		 244 -5
30.
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Marie		 260 -1
24.
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Martina		 315 -9
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Mary		 1,375 0
6.
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Michelle		 533 +4
93.
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Natasha		 91 new
21.
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Niamh		 355 +5
27.
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Nicola		 293 +8
74.
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Nora		 121 -5
80.
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Noreen		 115 +4
73.
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Olivia		 130 +15
38.
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Orla		 226 0
99.
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Pamela		 87 -4
15.
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Patricia		 408 +3
50.
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Paula		 176 +4
77.
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Pauline		 120 -5
46.
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Rachel		 186 +3
93.
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Regina		 91 new
87.
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Roisin		 98 +5
96.
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Rose		 90 new
48.
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Ruth		 179 +8
99.
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Samantha		 87 new
22.
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Sandra		 350 -5
23.
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Sarah		 319 +10
7.
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Sharon		 518 +4
72.
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Sheila		 131 -7
67.
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Shirley		 140 +2
5.
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Sinead		 569 -1
26.
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Siobhan		 301 -5
90.
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Sonya		 93 -10
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Susan		 383 +6
43.
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Suzanne		 209 +5
61.
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Tara		 151 -11
57.
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Teresa		 164 -18
68.
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Tracey		 134 -6
74.
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Tracy		 121 +5
60.
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Valerie		 157 +3
34.
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Yvonne		 245 -6
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Popularity extremes for Ireland